{"id":2321,"date":"2022-01-05T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T01:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2022-01-02T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:08:43","slug":"texas-appeals-court-denies-new-trial-and-affirms-disproportionate-division-in-default-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-new-trial-and-affirms-disproportionate-division-in-default-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Denies New Trial and Affirms Disproportionate Division in Default Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2011 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-545456068-300x184\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-1536x940.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-2048x1254.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-1000x612.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-545456068-196x120.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A court may proceed with a Texas divorce case even if a party does not appear for the trial. In some cases, a party who fails to respond to divorce papers or appear at trial may be entitled to a new trial, but they must meet certain requirements.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2021-05-20-00072-cv.pdf?ts=1639661019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> the denial of a new trial and challenged the property division in a default divorce.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parties lived in the husband\u2019s home in Texas after their marriage in Nigeria.\u00a0 The husband bought a home in New Hampshire and moved there in 2017.\u00a0 The wife petitioned for divorce in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the husband from interfering with the wife\u2019s health insurance, but he informed the insurer they were divorced while the divorce was pending. The wife\u2019s coverage was cancelled.\u00a0 The wife had to pay $7,500 for medical expenses that the insurer had approved before cancellation. The trial court also prohibited the husband from terminating utility services, but the wife alleged he had them disconnected repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-new-trial-and-affirms-disproportionate-division-in-default-divorce\/#more-2321\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court may proceed with a Texas divorce case even if a party does not appear for the trial. In some cases, a party who fails to respond to divorce papers or appear at trial may be entitled to a new trial, but they must meet certain requirements.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband appealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[213,441,5,304,319,356,71,318],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","tag-appeal","tag-default","tag-divorce-2","tag-evidence","tag-husband","tag-judgment","tag-texas","tag-wife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Denies New Trial and Affirms Disproportionate Division in Default Divorce &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; January 5, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A court may proceed with a Texas divorce case even if a party does not appear for the trial. 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